Kansas City, MO
Legal recruiters in Kansas City
The Kansas City legal market
- Legal-sector jobs
- 6,428
- 37th largest legal market of 73 tracked
- about the median metro
- Legal employers
- 846
- 41st most legal employers of 73 metros tracked
- 83% of the median metro
- Average annual wage (weekly x 52)
- $210,288
- 12th highest of 73 metros tracked
- 29% above the median metro
Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025. NAICS 5411, all legal-services employment, not attorneys alone.
Practice areas covered here
Firms with an office in the Kansas City area
Multi-state(3 states)Generalist
Kansas City, MO · +2 more
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
- Tax, Trusts & Estates
- Labor & Employment
- +1 more
Places associates, partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Single officeSpecialist
Overland Park, KS
- Litigation
- Labor & Employment
Places in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Single officeSpecialist
Kansas City, MO
- Litigation
- Corporate & M&A
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Single office
Kansas City, MO
Places partners & groups, in-house counsel, paralegals & legal staff
Search types are what each firm says on its own site: retained search, contingency search, contract & temporary.
The Kansas City legal market in numbers
The Kansas City, MO-KS metro area had 6,428 legal-sector jobs in Q4 2025. That is the 37th largest legal market of the 73 metros this directory tracks, and about the median metro, which had 6,428. It had 846 legal employers (establishments), the 41st most of 73 and 83% of the median metro. That is 131.6 legal employers for every 1,000 legal-sector jobs, against 156.0 in the median metro. The average annual wage in the legal sector (the average weekly wage times 52) was $210,288, the 12th highest of 73 metros and 29% above the median metro, which paid $162,708.
This directory tracks 2 metros in Missouri: St. Louis and Kansas City. Together they had 15,681 legal-sector jobs, and 41% of them were in the Kansas City metro. 6 firms in this directory list an office in the Kansas City area, the 22nd most of the 37 metros with a page here.
Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025, taken September 15, 2026. NAICS 5411, all legal-services employment, not attorneys alone.
Who is listed here
The groups below count what each of the 6 legal recruiting firms with an office in the Kansas City area states on its own website, and name the firms in each group in the same order as the list on this page.
By footprint
4 of the 6 have only one listed office, in the Kansas City area, and 1 is a national firm (offices in five or more states) with an office here. The other 1 is multi-state.
- Single office, 4 firms: Legal Search Associates, Inc., The Lion Group LLC, Joshua Hill Recruiting, Branch Recruiting
- Multi-state (offices in two to four states), 1 firm: MB Attorney Search
- National (offices in five or more states), 1 firm: Reaction Search International Inc.
Their offices in the Kansas City area are in 2 cities. By the number of firms with an office there: Kansas City, MO (5) and Overland Park, KS (1).
By search model
None of the 6 firms says on its own site whether it runs retained or contingency searches.
By level placed
By the levels they say they place: associates (1), partners and groups (4), in-house counsel (5) and paralegals and legal staff (4). A firm can name several. 1 names none.
Practice areas covered
The firms state 5 practice areas between them. The most stated are Litigation (3 of 6, 50%), Corporate & M&A (2 of 6, 33%) and Labor & Employment (2 of 6, 33%). 3 name no practice area.
| Practice area | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Litigation | 3 | 50% |
| Corporate & M&A | 2 | 33% |
| Labor & Employment | 2 | 33% |
| Health Care & Life Sciences | 1 | 17% |
| Tax, Trusts & Estates | 1 | 17% |
3 of the 6 firms state a founding year, from 1990 to 2011. No listing here has been claimed by its firm yet.
Largest listed firms by footprint
The 2 listed firms in the Kansas City area with the most offices nationally, counting each city once and only firms with more than one office. Ties are broken A to Z by name.
- 1.Reaction Search International Inc.10 offices, 9 states
- 2.MB Attorney Search3 offices, 3 states
Practicing law in Missouri
- Admitting authority
- Missouri Board of Law Examiners source
- Uniform Bar Exam
- Yes source
- Admission on motion
- Yes source
Checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Nearby markets
Every firm with an office anywhere in Missouri is on the Missouri page.
Questions about Kansas City legal recruiters
- How many legal recruiters have an office in Kansas City?
- 6 firms in this directory list an office in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area, as of their last check.
- How many Kansas City legal recruiters have only one office?
- Of the 6 listed firms, 1 is national, 1 is multi-state and 4 have only one listed office, in Kansas City. Offices are counted nationally: a regional firm has two or more offices in one state, a multi-state firm has offices in two to four states, and a national firm has offices in five or more.
- How many Kansas City legal recruiters run retained searches?
- None of the 6 listed firms says on its website that it runs retained searches. Most legal recruiting is done on contingency, where the hiring firm pays only when it hires.
- Which practice areas have the most coverage in Kansas City?
- By the number of listed firms that state them: Litigation (3 firms), Corporate & M&A (2 firms), Labor & Employment (2 firms) and Health Care & Life Sciences (1 firm). The other 1 practice area stated here is Tax, Trusts & Estates (1).
- Do Kansas City legal recruiters place in-house counsel?
- 5 of the 6 listed firms say they place in-house counsel. By the other levels they name: associates (1), partners and groups (4) and paralegals and legal staff (4). 1 names no level.
- Which markets near Kansas City have their own page?
- St. Louis, MO (4 firms), Chicago, IL (30 firms) and Nashville, TN (4 firms).
- How is this list ordered?
- By a published rule: listings claimed by their firm come first, then listings with more complete profiles, then A to Z by name. No firm is placed by hand, including Voll Recruiting, which operates this site.
- When was this list last checked?
- Every listing here was last checked against the firm's own website on October 1, 2026. The market figures are from BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025, taken on September 15, 2026. The bar admission facts were checked against the National Conference of Bar Examiners on October 4, 2026.